I received today what has to be one of the most bogus marketing attempts ever. In the mail I received a thing from Microsoft. On the front it says: "Nobody told me there was a virus attached to that email" and below it - Solutions to this and other IT challenges inside.
I open it up and what is inside? Demo versions of Windows XP and Office XP. Most people (myself included) would consider these products to be the beginning of IT challenges, not the end.
Um, thanks but no thanks Microsoft.

Ah, it's working again!
I'm quite fascinated by this whole Northern Snakehead situation in Maryland. The whole issue surrounding non-native species introduction is interesting to me. I remember when I was in Australia a number of years ago, they were having (and continue to have) problems with Cane Toads. These are poisonous frogs that kill a lot of native animals. The whole problem with non-native species is that native species haven't built-up any defenses against them and therefore get whiped-out quickly.
Apparently this fish not only eats almost any other fish, but can actually breath out of water and can travel on it's front fins accross land. How cool is that? They say that some guy had a couple and decided that he didn't want them anymore, so he dumped them in this pond. Now the pond is under guard so that no fish will escape to the Petuxtent where it will kill all the native fish. If this happens it'll be a really visible lesson about how careless people can be when the choose and then dispose of a "pet".

There seems to be posting problems with blogger these days. I'm just writing this to see if it's fixed.